Buffalo Ledger

The majority of students in Erie County schools during the 2021-22 school year were white, according to the New York State Education Department.

Of the 109,020 students attending Erie County schools, 61% were white. Black students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 15.6% of Erie County students.

In the previous school year, white was also the most common student ethnicity in Erie County, representing 62% of the student body.

P.S. 69 Houghton Academy had the most even distribution of races among county schools, with 34.3% Black students, 24.4% white students, 18.7% Asian or Pacific Islander students, 15.2% Hispanic students, and 7.4% multiracial students.

In the 2023-24 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped to 0.3% when compared to the previous year.

In 2022, New York had roughly one teacher for every 12 students, which is lower than the national average of one teacher for every 16 students. A lower student-to-teacher ratio has been found to help improve students' school performance.

A 2021 report from the NYC Center for Innovation Through Data Intelligence revealed racial and gender groups were seeing better outcomes compared to 2013, though significant disparities remained between different groups, particularly between Black and Hispanic students.

School name	Most prevalent ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
A. J. Schmidt Elementary School	White	78.8%	241
Academy School	Black	67.9%	78
Akron Elementary School	White	78.6%	547
Akron High School	White	83.8%	383
Akron Middle School	White	79.5%	273
Alden Intermediate School	White	93.8%	338
Alden Middle School	White	96.3%	356
Alden Primary at Townline	White	91.4%	290
Alden Senior High School	White	94.6%	496
Allendale Elementary School	White	87.3%	521
Amherst Central High School	White	62.7%	885
Amherst Middle School	White	63%	648
Armor Elementary School	White	89.5%	315
Ben Franklin Elementary School	White	59.8%	460
Ben Franklin Middle School	White	71.1%	616
Bennett Park Montessori School	Black	53.9%	601
Big Tree Elementary School	White	86.7%	563
Bilingual Center	Hispanic	95.2%	330
Blasdell Elementary School	White	85.8%	486
Boston Valley Elementary School	White	93.8%	224
Buffalo Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts	Black	46.1%	575
Buffalo Elementary School of Technology	Black	55.4%	522
Buffalo School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management	Black	53.8%	435
Build Community School	Black	66.2%	325
Burgard High School	Black	55.9%	460
Casey Middle School	White	70.7%	646
Cayuga Heights Elementary School	White	79.5%	872
Charles A. Lindbergh Elementary School	White	75.4%	463
Charlotte Avenue Elementary School	White	87.8%	395
Charlotte Sidway School	White	86.5%	436
Cheektowaga High School	Black	38.6%	687
Cheektowaga Middle School	Black	32.8%	661
City Honors School	White	45%	1,056
Clarence Center Elementary School	White	91.5%	377
Clarence Middle School	White	87.4%	985
Clarence Senior High School	White	86.7%	1,255
Cleveland Hill Elementary School	White	39.9%	654
Cleveland Hill High School	White	39.6%	369
Cleveland Hill Middle School	White	37.5%	315
Clinton Elementary School	White	86.4%	612
Cloverbank Elementary School	White	90.6%	531
Colden Elementary School	White	92.5%	200
Community School #53	Black	68%	459
Como Park Elementary School	White	87.4%	364
Country Parkway Elementary School	White	56%	580
Court Street Elementary School	White	92.4%	290
D'youville-Porter Campus	Hispanic	79.6%	520
Depew High School	White	80.2%	561
Depew Middle School	White	80.5%	421
Discovery School	White	60.9%	545
Dodge Elementary School	White	68.7%	600
Dr. A. Pantoja Comm School Excllnce -#18	Black	34.7%	449
Dr. George Blackman Ecc	Black	62.3%	345
Dr. Lydia T. Wright School of Excellence	Black	71.2%	569
East Aurora High School	White	93.2%	528
East Aurora Middle School	White	91.1%	495
East Community School	Black	51.3%	341
East Middle School	White	77.7%	591
Eden Elementary School	White	92.4%	290
Eden Middle & High School	White	94.4%	677
Eggert Road Elementary School	White	85.2%	609
Ellicott Road Elementary School	White	93.7%	717
Elma Primary School	White	94.6%	298
Emerson School of Hospitality	Black	55.5%	371
Fletcher Elementary School	White	76.6%	807
Forest Elementary School	White	78.2%	513
Frank A. Sedita School #30	Hispanic	72%	604
Frederick Olmsted #156	White	29.8%	922
Frontier Middle School	White	88.6%	1,077
Frontier Senior High School	White	88.3%	1,308
G. L. Priess Primary School	White	96.8%	344
Glendale Elementary School	White	57.8%	434
Gowanda Elementary School	White	59.1%	450
Grand Island Senior High School	White	85.6%	883
Griffith Institute High School	White	94.2%	502
Griffith Institute Middle School	White	92.1%	366
Hamburg High School	White	92.3%	995
Hamburg Middle School	White	91.5%	751
Harold O. Brumsted Elementary School	White	97.2%	283
Harriet Ross Tubman Academy	Black	46.8%	506
Harris Hill Elementary School	White	86.4%	463
Harvey Austin School #97	Black	57.8%	507
Heim Elementary School	White	77.3%	657
Heim Middle School	White	74%	603
Herbert Hoover Elementary School	White	71%	599
Herbert Hoover Middle School	White	67.8%	764
Heritage Heights Elementary School	White	51.4%	418
Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy	Hispanic	82.8%	472
Highgate Heights	Black	67.2%	384
Highland Elementary School	White	78.8%	364
Hillview Elementary School	White	90.3%	454
Holland High School	White	94.7%	225
Holland Middle School	White	94.6%	224
Holmes Elementary School	White	45.2%	281
Hutchinson Central Technical High School	Black	34.6%	1,162
Huth Road School	White	87%	439
International Preparatory School	Black	37.3%	614
International School	Black	39.8%	987
Iroquois Intermediate School	White	97.6%	210
Iroquois Middle School	White	93.6%	482
Iroquois Senior High School	White	92.8%	625
John A. Sciole Elementary School	White	84.8%	394
John F. Kennedy Middle School	White	61.5%	283
John F. Kennedy Senior High School	White	71.4%	367
John T. Waugh Elementary School	White	53.4%	313
Kaegebein School	White	86.7%	405
Kenmore East Senior High School	White	70.9%	1,054
Kenmore West Senior High School	White	66.4%	1,277
Lackawanna High School	White	62.5%	645
Lackawanna Middle School	White	59.3%	440
Lafayette International School	Hispanic	32%	440
Lake Shore Middle School	White	72.1%	470
Lake Shore Senior High School	White	76%	680
Lancaster High School	White	89.2%	1,649
Lancaster Middle School	White	89.9%	848
Ledgeview Elementary School	White	85.8%	478
Leonardo Da Vinci High School	Black	39.9%	361
Lewis J. Bennett High School of Innovative Technolgy	Black	63.4%	435
Lorraine Elementary School	White	41.8%	668
Lovejoy Discovery School #43	Black	28.3%	626
Maple East Elementary School	White	71.5%	624
Maple West Elementary School	White	77.2%	674
Maplemere Elementary School	White	61.3%	489
Marilla Primary School	White	96.8%	216
Martin Luther King Junior #48	Black	46.9%	418
Martin Road Elementary School	White	61.9%	570
Marva J. Daniel Futures Preparatory School	Black	69.6%	424
Maryvale High School	White	60%	648
Maryvale Intermediate School	White	64.3%	501
Maryvale Middle School	White	64.2%	494
Maryvale Primary School	White	55.3%	588
Math Science Technology Preparatory School at 197	Black	55.8%	389
Mckinley Vocational High School	Black	52.8%	941
Middle Early College High School	Black	74.7%	312
Mill Middle School	White	76.9%	727
Mullen Elementary School	White	80.5%	303
Native American Magnet	Black	43.4%	357
North Collins Elementary School	White	86.5%	327
North Collins Junior-Senior High School	White	87.7%	236
North Park Community School #50	White	66.3%	356
Northwood Elementary School	White	64.7%	442
Orchard Park High School	White	91.3%	1,389
Orchard Park Middle School	White	90.7%	1,055
P.S. 17	Black	65.1%	278
P.S. 27 Hillery Park Academy	Black	35.5%	499
P.S. 42 Occupational Training Center	Black	44.4%	63
P.S. 59 Dr. Charles Drew Science Magnet	Black	58.3%	561
P.S. 61 Arthur O. Eve School of Distinction	Black	58.6%	314
P.S. 64 Frederick Law Olmsted	White	47.6%	572
P.S. 65 Roosevelt Ecc	Black	40.8%	272
P.S. 69 Houghton Academy	Black	34.3%	434
P.S. 74 Hamlin Park - Claude and Ouida Clapp Academy	Black	70.5%	404
P.S. 81	Black	40.3%	756
P.S. 82	Black	68.4%	288
P.S. 84	Black	35.6%	146
Parkdale Elementary School	White	93.3%	704
Pathways Academy	Black	55.1%	107
Pfc William J. Grabiarz #79	Black	40.9%	545
Pinehurst Elementary School	White	96%	577
Randolph Academy Hamburg Campus	White	65.1%	83
Research Laboratory High School-Bioinformatic	Black	63%	181
Riverside Academy High School	Black	41.6%	332
Riverview Elementary School	White	79%	366
Sheridan Hill Elementary School	White	84.6%	521
Smallwood Drive School	White	77.8%	679
South Davis Elementary School	White	93.9%	393
South Park High School	Black	34%	726
Southside Elementary School	White	36.3%	809
Springville Elementary School	White	94.8%	517
Stanley Makowski Early Childhood Center	Black	65.5%	554
Sweet Home Middle School	White	56.6%	800
Sweet Home Senior High School	White	57.1%	1,091
Theodore Roosevelt School	White	53.4%	339
Thomas A. Edison Elementary School	White	81.5%	601
Tonawanda Middle/High School	White	81.1%	889
Transit Middle School	White	60.5%	899
Truman Elementary School	White	63.5%	406
Union East Elementary School	White	31.6%	976
Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School	White	89%	662
Veronica E. Connor Middle School	White	82.7%	637
Wales Primary School	White	92%	224
Waterfront Elementary School	Black	43%	772
West Elementary School	White	84%	699
West Hertel Elementary School	Black	45.1%	718
West Middle School	White	83.6%	768
West Seneca East Senior High School	White	80.7%	774
West Seneca West Senior High School	White	86.2%	1,116
William Street School	White	91.5%	1,300
Williamsville East High School	White	64.3%	973
Williamsville North High School	White	71.3%	1,307
Williamsville South High School	White	75.6%	823
Willow Ridge Elementary School	White	53%	394
Winchester-Potters Elementary School	White	76.5%	430
Windermere Blvd School	White	46%	761
Windom Elementary School	White	87.8%	615
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School	White	62.4%	271